Improvement in machines for cutting tapering forms



which, while it balances by its weight thc ATES "il Armar NITED LUTHERE. PHILLIPS, OF BRISTOL, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING TAPERING FORMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. L2,5(Ml, dated yApril26, 1864.

To @ZZ whom', it may concern: support the timber to be out. G is astrong Be it known that l,.LUrHER E. PHILLIPS, transverse plank securelyfastened to the of Bristol, in the county of Ontario and State frame,and through which passes the outer of New York, have invented a new anduseend of the conical tube, revolving in a metallic ful Machine forSharpening Fence-Posts, box orbush,h, in G. C is the conical tube, andFence-Stakes, Ilop-Poles, and Piles; and Ido B is the shaft to nhich itis securely fastened. hereby declare that the following is a full and Dis a iiy-wh eel, and a is a pulley on the said exact descriptionthereof, reference being had shaft, which is supported by cross-timbersb to the accompanying drawnings, and to the b; The timber to be operatedon, T, is firmly letters of reference marked thereon. held to thesliding frame H by levers,as seen The nature of my invention consists inso at I and l. They are loosely connected at constructing, adapting, andcombining the their ends, forminga ljoint, and with fulcrums differentparts of the machine lthat tapering for each at L L, as seen in thedrawings. forms can be cut with great ease and rapidity, When the endot' the long lever I is depressed, thus tting hop-poles, fenceposts,fenceit throws down the end of l upon 'the timber, stakes, and piles foruse much more cheaply holding it fast. The conical tube() and the and ina much better manner than it has hith-4 shaft B are of iron, as are thebars. d l on erto been done. the tube C is the knife, securely attachedto To enable others skilled in the art to make d by screw-bolts fff, andhaving slot-holes, and use my invention, I will proceed to de whichallow it to be moved up or back, as scribe its construction andoperation. necessity ma-y require. I

In the drawings, Figure l represents a per` I do not claim the conicaltube for cutting spective view ofthe complete machine. 'Fig taperingforms as my invention, it having .2 represents a view of the conicaltube atbeen long known and used; but tached to its shaft, and to whichthe cutting- What I do claim as my invention, and deknife is fastened.Fig. 3 is a cross section of 'sire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Fig.2 at the intersection of the line a a, show The conical tube G, whenconstructed with ing the bar which holds the knife, and also thestrengthening and balancing bars l1, in corn bar on the opposite side ofthe conical tube, bination with the arrangement of the feeding-`carriage H and its holding device, when constructed to operate as andfor the purposes substantially as set forth.

LUFHE R. E. PHILLIPS.

other side, thus allowing it to revolve with great velocity withoutvibration or jar, is designed (as is also the other bar) to strengthenthe tube and render it capable of performing the Work intended for it.

In Fig. 1, A A is a strong frame. H is a Witnesses:

LIRUivrIH JONES, CALVIN W. PHILLIPS.

ctrriage or sliding fra-me on A, designed to l

